Powder dispenser



Jan. 30, 1940.

L. M. EUDAILY POWDER DISPENSER Filed April 20, 1937 41mg, wig 44%;

ATTORNEYS Patented Jan; 30, 1940 r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POWDERDISPENSER Luther M. Eudaily, Tatum, N. Mex.

Application April 20, 1937, Serial No. 138,040

1 Claim. (01. 273-54) This invention relates to dispensers, and its arm5 depending from the end thereof opposed general object is to provide adispenser or applito the short arm, the long arm having'openings catorthat is primarily designed for use by pool therein to receive suitablesecuring means such players and bowlers, for dispensing talcum powasscrews 6 for fixing the dispensing device to 5 der or what is commonlyknown as antiseptic a wall or the like, as shown. 6 glide powder, in amanner to prevent waste there- The important feature of my dispensingdevice of, yet an ample amount can be applied to the is the pad I whichis shown as being substantially hand of the player, with minimum effortand flatand is preferably made from sheeps wool, asease. that materialcan be readily saturated with 10 A further object is to provide a powderdispowder and is capable of holding a large quantity 0 penser of thecharacter set forth, that includes thereof, that can be readily removedmerely by a pad which is preferably made from sheeps patting the samewith the hand. The pad. is; wool which can be readily saturated with thelikewise shown as being oval in outline, and of a powder and allows anample amount to be rediameter to provide a considerable space between d.therefrom, merely by patting the pad the same and the wall or flange ofthe tray, as 15 lightly with the hand, which causes the powder to bestshown in Figure 1, so that the tray will adhere to the latter. catchpowder that does not adhere to the hand A further object is to provide adispensing of the user and prevent the same from falling device of thecharacter set forth, that is simple On the 00 and beco HOWBVBI, the

in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and pad may be made of anymaterial and in any 20 extremely efficient in use and service. shape andS Suitable the p p This invention also consists in certain other It isthought from the foregoing description features of construction and inthe combination that the advantages and novel features of the andarrangement of the several parts, to be hereinvention will be readily apinafter fully described, illustrated in the accom- It is to beunderstood that changes may be 25 panying drawing and specificallypointed out in made in the construction and in the combination theappended claim. and arrangement of the several parts, provided Indescribing the invention in detail, referthat such changes fall withinthe scope of the ence will be had to the accompanying drawing appendedclaim. I 1

wherein like characters denote like or corre- What I claim is: 1 30spending parts throughout the several views, and In a powder dispensingdevice including a subin which: stantially oval shaped flat pad ofsheeps wool to Figure 1 is a top plan view of the dispensing besaturated with powder for use by players of device which forms thesubject matter of the games, said pad adapted to be patted by thepresent invention. hands of the players for the powder to adhere asFigure 2 is a side elevation thereof. thereto, and a holder for the pad,comprising a Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approxishallowsubstantially oval shaped tray for receiv mately on line 3-3 of Figure1, looking in the ing the pad therein and including a bottom directionof the arrows. having a greater area than that of the pad for 40Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be the latter to be spacedfrom the periphery of 40 noted that my dispensing device includes a bodythe bottom, a flange formed on and rising from or holder in the form ofa relatively shallow tray the periphery of the bottom to confine looseprovided with a bottom and a flange 2 formed powder within the tray, andan inverted subthereon and rising therefrom. The tray is prefstantiallyL-shaped bracket including a short erably of oval formation as shown andsecured arm secured to the flange laterally of the trans- 45 to theflange 2 preferably at a point beyond the verse center of the tray and along arm having transverse center of the tray is the short arm 3openings therein to receive fastening means for of an invertedsubstantially L-shaped bracket securing the device in position for use.that includes a horizontal portion 4 and a long LUTHER M. EUDAILY.

